Essentials of physical geography:
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1992
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| Physical Description: | X, 436 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. |
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PREFACE
1
INTRODUCTION
TO THE EARTH l
The Environmental “Spheres” 2
The Earth as a Planet 2
Focus on Numbers and Measurement 6
Earth and Sun Relations 12
2
PORTRAYAL
OF THE EARTH
Focus on Map Essentials 20
The Nature of Maps 22
The Matter of Scale 22
The Role of Globes 24
Map Projections 24
Focus on Mercator: The Most Famous
Projection 26
19
3
INTRODUCTION
TO THE
ATMOSPHERE 32
Constituents of the Atmosphere 34
People and the Environment: Depletion of the
Ozone Layer 36
Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere 36
Weather and Climate 39
The Study of Climate 40
4
INSOLATION
AND
TEMPERATURE 44
Solar Energy 45
Basic Processes in Heating and Cooling
the Atmosphere 46
The Heating of the Atmosphere 50
Spatial and Seasonal Variations in
Heating 52
Temperature: Expression of Heat 58
Mechanisms of Heat Transfer 58
Focus on Measuring Temperature 60
Vertical Temperature Patterns 63
V
VI Contents
Global Temperature Patterns 64
People and the Environment: Urban
Heat Islands 65
Focus on Isolines 68
Major Midlatitude Disturbances 133
Hurricanes: Major Tropical
Disturbances 140
Minor Atmospheric Disturbances 144
Focus on Environmental Interactions as Shown
by El Niño 148
ATMOSPHERIC
PRESSURE
AND WIND 72
The Nature of Air Pressure 73
Focus on the Measurement of Pressure 74
The Nature of Wind 76
Focus on the Coriolis Effect 78
Vertical Variations in Pressure and Wind 81
The General Circulation of the Atmosphere 81
Modifications of the General Circulation 91
Focus on Monsoon Regions 92
Localized Wind Systems 95
8
CLIMATIC
REGIONS 152
Climatic Classification 153
World Distribution of Major Climatic Types 160
Focus on Environmental Relationships 162
The Global Pattern Idealized 183
People and the Environment: Global
Warming: The Greenhouse Effect 184
6
ATMOSPHERIC
MOISTURE
99
Water Vapor and the Hydrologic Cycle 100
Evaporation 100
Focus on Measuring Moisture 102
Measures of Humidity 103
Condensation 105
The Buoyancy of Air 110
Precipitation 113
People and the Environment: Acid Rain 116
Global Distribution of Precipitation 119
7
TRANSIENT
ATMOSPHERIC.
FLOWS AND
DISTURBANCES 127
Air Masses 128
Fronts 131
Atmospheric Disturbances 133
THE BIOSPHERE 187
Ecosystems and Biomes 188
The Major Biomes 189
People and the Environment:
Rainforest Removal 192
Biomes and Climate 201
10
SOILS 203
Soil and Regolith 204
Soil-Forming Factors 205
Soil Components 208
Soil Properties 210
Soil Chemistry 212
Soil Profiles 213
Soil Classification 215
Focus on the Tongue^Twisting Terminology
of the Soil Taxonomy System 216
Contents Vll
Global Distribution of Major Soils 219
Distribution of Soils in the United States 231
14
THE FLUVIAL
PROCESS 303
Some Fundamental Concepts 304
Stream Channels 310
Stream Systems 313
The Shaping and Reshaping of Valleys 316
Deposition in Valleys 321
Theories of Landform Development 323
People and the Environment: Human
Modification of a River System:
The Mississippi 324
Stream Rejuvenation 328
Fluvially Produced Topography 330
11-
INTRODUCTION
TO LANDFORM
STUDY 233
Our Massive Earth 234
Composition of the Crust 236
Some Critical Concepts 242
The Study of Landforms 245
Internal and External Geomorphic Processes 246
The Question of Scale 247
Focus on an Example of Scale 248
The Pursuit of Pattern 254
12
THE INTERNAL
PROCESSES 255
Massive Crustal Rearrangement 256
Diastrophism 264
Focus on Earthquakes 268
Vulcanism 273
People and the Environment: The Lessons
of Mount St. Helens 278
The Complexities of Crustal
Configuration 283
13
PRELIMINARIES
TO EROSION:
WEATHERING
AND MASS
WASTING
286
Weathering 287
Focus on Jointing 290
Mass Wasting 296
15
TOPOGRAPHIC
DEVELOPMENT
IN ARID LANDS 334
Specialized Environmental
Characteristics 335
Unique Landscape Types of the Desert 337
People and the Environment:
Desertification 338
Running Water in Waterless Regions 339
The Work of the Wind 346
Some Characteristic Desert Landform
Assemblages 351
Focus on Death Valley: A Primer
of Basin-and-Range Terrain 354
16
COASTAL
PROCESSES
AND TERRAIN 361
Coastal Processes and Forms 362
Focus on Waves 364
Vlll
Contents
17
GLACIAL
MODIFICATION
OF TERRAIN 378
Glaciations Past and Present 379
Regimen of Glaciers 383
Continental Ice Sheets 390
Glaciation in Mountainous Areas 394
Are We Still in an Ice Age? 401
APPENDIX I
TOPOGRAPHIC
MAP SYMBOLS
APPENDIX I
THE WEATHER-
MAP STATION
MODEL
GLOSSARY
INDEX
404
407
413
429
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